Flying Phoenix Chi Kung

[rldawson]

Shared knowledge is very essential to our growth and thank-you for clarifying your position on the word competition.

[John Reinhard]

I practice every day FPQ three standing meditations (30 min.) Vol. 1 and three seated meditations (30 min) Vol. 2 and 7 for better sleep.

My sensations at this moment light superficial muscle pain, sleep better, hot spots in my body, improved my back pain (thoracic vertebrae and neck), clarity in my head.

I wish you all a nice weekend

John

[oreothecookie]

Happy birthday Sifu Terry, and thank you again for your amazing contribution to this fabulous topic, and for sharing your knowledge with all of us. I hope it will grow bigger and bigger so one day we might all see the world in blue.

 

Enjoy your day,

Aurélien

[Bubbles]

Happy Birthday Sifu Terry !

 

 

_/\_

[pitisukha]

A bit late, but happy birthday Sifu Terry! Another virgo..

 

I'd like to ask something about the long form in DVD4:

When learning the form in the first part of the DVD, section four begins by bending the right arm at the elbow by 90°, palm facing head, left palm facing heaven.

Then we rotate the chest and change arms. This is repeated 5 times.

But then when the breath control is introduced and the entire form repeated this movement is done 7 times.

What is the right number of repetitions if it's important at all?

[JinlianPai]

Ok I was thumbing thru this thread and I dont know how I missed this.

 

So this qigong lets one emit blue light!!???!!!!!

 

If so thats so cool!

 

My question is what does the blue light mean?

 

At some point can it be done at will?

 

What are some cool exps that you exp with the blue light.(ex - "I was standing in line at walmart and someone bumped into me and I started to get hot and emit blue light.")

[oreothecookie]

Ok I was thumbing thru this thread and I dont know how I missed this.

 

So this qigong lets one emit blue light!!???!!!!!

 

If so thats so cool!

 

My question is what does the blue light mean?

 

At some point can it be done at will?

 

What are some cool exps that you exp with the blue light.(ex - "I was standing in line at walmart and someone bumped into me and I started to get hot and emit blue light.")

I'm sure if you go through the topic, or even if you just type "blue light" in the search engine of the forum you' ll find plenty of answers, it's been talked about many times.

[John Reinhard]

Hello Sifu Terry Dunn,

I understood from an earlier post in this forum that a book comes out about FPQ. I would like to know if we can expect this book. My second question is whether there is a relationship between the Herbal formulas of GMDW and FPQ.

Thanks again for spreading this great system

John

[oreothecookie]

Hello guys,

 

 

Don't forget to put your name, and location, if you want to join the wolrdwide FP group session that will take place tomorrow, it happens once a week, and everybody is welcome, beginners or advanced practionners.

This event is an opportunity to experience what it feels like to practice FPCK within a group, even though practionners aren't in the same location, it doesn't matter. Remember that FPCK is cumulative and the more practionners there is and the more there will be energy.http://thetaobums.com/topic/33820-flying-phoenix-worldwide-events/page-7

 

Hope to "see" some of you

Best

Aurélien

[oreothecookie]

Hello everyone,

 

 

I just sent an email to Sifu Terry about several things, and he told me to post it on the forum, so the answers to my questions could benefit to everybody on the FP forum. So here it is. I just pasted the whole mail

 

 

Hello Sifu Terry,

I just wanted to send you a little email to tell you that my FP is really rocking these days, I'm practicing 3-4 hours everyday and in the evening when my room is dark and when I get out of the meditation I have my whole vision field that is flickering like flashing light, and I see as if the room is made of pixels, its happened too me several times, and I get really relaxed sometimes during the meditation the inner peace seems to grow, I found out that my favorite is the warm up 50 30 10 =), and my BTB is improving too, it's a really good exercice for conditioning, it makes me sweat a lot. I think that polyp was really affecting my immune system, and it seems really better now. I still have a slight oppression feeling sometimes, but it's almost nothing compared to what it was before, and it shift sometimes to a feeling like it's difficult to digest. So I'm still working on that, but I'm sure time will make everything perfect. =)

By the way I have a little question for you, I'm gonna take part soon to a "shamanic meeting" don't know how to call, it's for the autumn equinox, I already went last year, and it was really great I loved the brotherhood spirit and connection with everybody, and I was wondering if it would be a problem if I practice FPCK during those days, because I remember reading that it's not recommended to practice in places renowned to be spiritually active, and I guess this kind of event might be.

All of those positive energies I'm getting these days, really makes me want to invest more of my time in internal energies cultivations systems, and I think I'd like to learn kung-fu, so I think I'll pm soon for kung fu and FP sessions =),

Thank you again for making FP accessible to every genuine spiritual seeker, I'm really grateful for that, really.

Best

Aurélien

[rldawson]

Hello Robb,

Depending on one's speed of practice, one can take anywhere from 8 minutes to 20 minutes to perform the Long Form Standing meditation taught on Volume 4. You might also want to ask "ridingthrox" on PM how long he takes because Charlie gravitated towards Vol.4 practice immediately because he had extensive Tai Chi background (20 yrs) and has been doing it for years.

 

Enjoy the practice!

 

Sifu Terry

 

 

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Would it be appropriate to extend this form to forty-five minutes, or is this meditation tailored specifically to the above time?

 

Thank-you for the suggested contact with ridingthrox, he was very helpful.

[oreothecookie]

Would it be appropriate to extend this form to forty-five minutes, or is this meditation tailored specifically to the above time?

 

Thank-you for the suggested contact with ridingthrox, he was very helpful.

I'm sure it's okay to extend it to this amount of time, if your form feels smooth and if the FP energy is with you during the practice. But I haven't learned the long form yet, so I can't be that sure, I can just say that sometimes I do some of the MSW and it takes me more than one hour to complete 7 reps, and it feels really really good. I feel like it makes me progress a lot when I can almost reach that state where you can't really say if I'm moving or not, at first it may be almost like a work out, my muscles got really tensed and sore, but with the time and practice it just becomes natural, and that gets integrated, and now my form seems more solid, as if my body really knows the moves, before sometimes, "he" was trying to approximate some parts, but now "he" knows the way better.

 

Aurélien

[rldawson]

Agreed. The "shifting sand dune" speed seems to offer the best results, however some meditations, such as the meditations in volume five of Sifu Terry's Chi Kung for Health, are tailored for specific speeds.

[oreothecookie]

Hello guys,

 

I'm sure everybody knows this now, but for the newcomers, every friday there is the FP world wide group session. Lol it sounds as if the whole world is practicing FP when actually it's been only 1-3 people max ^^, maybe I should change the name.

Here is the link if you want to join, you just have to put your name and location. http://thetaobums.com/topic/33820-flying-phoenix-worldwide-events/page-7.

 

Best,

Aurélien

[zen-bear]

Is the word "competition" conducive to the art of meditation? Should these not be inward goals that a person seeks? (Life's work)

Hello Rob,

Normally, the world "competition" is not relevant to progress in any type of meditative practice EXCEPT in the case of Flyng Phoenix Qigong--and then only within the context that Aurelien ("Oreocookie") uses the term: that of doing the moving FP Meditations as slowly as possible, and approaching "the speed of a shifting sand dune" per the maxim. To have a "competition" in a group practice session where every person tries to move more slowly than anyone else in the group is simply a fun and very effective tool to teach FP Qigong correctly to obtain maximum health benefits.

 

And having observed and taught Aurelien over number of months via online Skype lessons, I can say with authority that he happens to practice FP Qigong so diligently and at such good, slow speed that he personally has nothing attached to the term "competition" other than his love of the fineries of this glorious FP Qigong system!

 

And I want to state here loud and clear that I encourage all subscribers to this thread to participate in the Friday afternoon FP practice sessions organized by Aurelien. I review his order of practice each week before Friday and so far has found that everything that he has suggested to be most constructive and beneficial to practice.

 

Best,

 

Sifu Terry Dunn

Edited September 19, 2014 by zen-bear

[zen-bear]

 

I practice every day FPQ three standing meditations (30 min.) Vol. 1 and three seated meditations (30 min) Vol. 2 and 7 for better sleep.

My sensations at this moment light superficial muscle pain, sleep better, hot spots in my body, improved my back pain (thoracic vertebrae and neck), clarity in my head.

I wish you all a nice weekend

John

Hello John,

 

Welcome to the FPCK Thread...and sorry take so long to comment on your post. It's been a very hectic past 10 days.

 

The pain symptoms--as well as the "clarity in the head", better sleep-- that you have described are very typical and normally experienced by beginners of FP Qigong. As you continue to practice the FP Qigong, john, you will find that the pain subsides and the energizing, brain-activating and body- rejuvenating effects become more and more pronounced.

 

Sifu Terry Dunn

[zen-bear]

Happy Birthday Sifu Terry !

 

 

_/\_

Thank you very much, Bubbles, Oreocookie, Pitisulkha and all others for your nice birthday wishes!

[zen-bear]

Ok I was thumbing thru this thread and I dont know how I missed this.

 

So this qigong lets one emit blue light!!???!!!!!

 

If so thats so cool!

 

My question is what does the blue light mean?

 

At some point can it be done at will?

 

What are some cool exps that you exp with the blue light.(ex - "I was standing in line at walmart and someone bumped into me and I started to get hot and emit blue light.")

Ok I was thumbing thru this thread and I dont know how I missed this.

 

So this qigong lets one emit blue light!!???!!!!!

 

If so thats so cool!

 

My question is what does the blue light mean?

 

At some point can it be done at will?

 

What are some cool exps that you exp with the blue light.(ex - "I was standing in line at walmart and someone bumped into me and I started to get hot and emit blue light.")

 

Hello JinlianPai,

 

Welcome to the FP thread. My comments below in bold:

 

 

So this qigong lets one emit blue light!!???!!!!!

 

I would not say "emit". That term connotes in my mind, volitional control. My entire experience with FP Qigong since 1991 is that the blue light of its Healing Energy manifests of itself, whenever one is practicing the FP meditations correctly or is healing with it. And it it behaves in accord with a Greater Mind than the practitioner's.

--This, too, is a profound characteristic that makes FP Qigong, a spiritual art (to continue answering Pitisukha's question in his post #3010).

 

If so thats so cool!

Once you experience the blue light--and it doesn't take all that much practice--its startling reality and consistency in its tangible healing effects is something that you will find to be a whole lot more than cool...but you'll be at a loss for words to describe it.

 

My question is what does the blue light mean?

Until you have practiced enough FP Qigong to manifest it spontaneously and effortlessly, and directly feel its effects, it has no meaning for you. And the blue light doesn't mean anything to anyone else who hasn't experienced it. Words are not things.

 

At some point can it be done at will?

by "done" if you mean manifest the visible blue healing light in one's aura or to transfer it to another person with healing effect, the answer is "Yes".

 

What are some cool exps that you exp with the blue light.(ex - "I was standing in line at walmart and someone bumped into me and I started to get hot and emit blue light.")

As I stated about 2+ years ago on this thread, one of the most delightful side-effects of the FP Qigong is that the blue healing light can not only be felt but can also be "seen" by others (who are not FP practitioners) internally--and with their eyes closed--when an FPCK adept is healing that person. -- and this is another effect that qualifies Flying Phoenix Qigong as a spiritual art.

 

Such is Flying Phoenix Qigong's bona fide spiritual valence, which stands in blinding contrast to the wide number of mundane calisthenics published on videos these recent years deceptively labeled "Qigong" and made-up by self-proclaimed "energy experts" that do absolutely NOTHING in terms of providing healing effects that can be objectively verified, measured, and repeated (--or even subjectively "verified", no matter how hard the duped practitioner or fanatic wishes or wants to believe that he or she is healing himself with the downstream hokum they've bought into.) This is not to say that FP Qigong is the only Qigong method that effectively promotes self-healing and enables one to heal others. There are, of course, a many powerful and effective Qigong traditions equal to FP Qigong in profundity--such as Tao Tan Pai (Taoist Elixir Method), Soaring Crane, Sunn Yi Gung (of course), the Tai Chi Qigong of the Wu, Yang, and Chen styles (--the ones that I know about), and many others.

 

I just to wish to remind everyone--especially beginners--that with just 7-9 months of consistent practice of FP Qigong (averaging 30 min. every other day), they will have under their belt an experiential frame-of-reference by which they can evaluate other Qigong, Yoga, and meditation methods from any culture and be able to tell the precious from the dross. In other words, they will have developed within themselves a most useful "Weird Shit-O-Meter" for the rest of their lives.

 

 

Sifu Terry Dunn

Edited September 23, 2014 by zen-bear

[zen-bear]

 

Hello everyone,

 

 

I just sent an email to Sifu Terry about several things, and he told me to post it on the forum, so the answers to my questions could benefit to everybody on the FP forum. So here it is. I just pasted the whole mail

 

 

Hello Sifu Terry,

I just wanted to send you a little email to tell you that my FP is really rocking these days, I'm practicing 3-4 hours everyday and in the evening when my room is dark and when I get out of the meditation I have my whole vision field that is flickering like flashing light, and I see as if the room is made of pixels, its happened too me several times, and I get really relaxed sometimes during the meditation the inner peace seems to grow, I found out that my favorite is the warm up 50 30 10 =), and my BTB is improving too, it's a really good exercice for conditioning, it makes me sweat a lot. I think that polyp was really affecting my immune system, and it seems really better now. I still have a slight oppression feeling sometimes, but it's almost nothing compared to what it was before, and it shift sometimes to a feeling like it's difficult to digest. So I'm still working on that, but I'm sure time will make everything perfect. =)

By the way I have a little question for you, I'm gonna take part soon to a "shamanic meeting" don't know how to call, it's for the autumn equinox, I already went last year, and it was really great I loved the brotherhood spirit and connection with everybody, and I was wondering if it would be a problem if I practice FPCK during those days, because I remember reading that it's not recommended to practice in places renowned to be spiritually active, and I guess this kind of event might be.

All of those positive energies I'm getting these days, really makes me want to invest more of my time in internal energies cultivations systems, and I think I'd like to learn kung-fu, so I think I'll pm soon for kung fu and FP sessions =),

Thank you again for making FP accessible to every genuine spiritual seeker, I'm really grateful for that, really.

Best

Aurélien

Hello Aurelien,

 

Sorry for the delay in this reply. Another very busy workweek.

 

The change in your vision after your FP meditation sessions is quite commonly experienced. That "pixelated" effect in your field of vision indicates that your normal conditioned way of seeing is being re-conditioned. Humans are taught to see reality a certain way by the cultures they live in. FPCK and all effective meditation traditions will decondition that rigid way of seeing and simply allow you to see reality as it is--some are faster and more dramatic in their facilitation of "seeing.".

 

I found out that my favorite is the warm up 50 30 10 =), and my BTB is improving too, it's a really good exercice for conditioning, it makes me sweat a lot. Yes, Bending the Bows is very cleansing. It is the most important of the Basic Moving FP Meditations on Volume 1. I have a private student of 7 years who is still sweating through BTB, but his form and health has improved tremendously since 2007.

 

The operation that removed the polyp has had obviously positive effect as you said that your meditations can now proceed comfortably whereas in the past they led to feelings of heaviness and oppression. If the oppressive feelings in chest/lungs is now a thing of the past, you can now practice FP Qigong to much greater effect "by pushing the brain back to ignite the body's self-healing process", in the words of GrandmasterDoo Wai.

 

Practicing FP Qigong in "spiritually active" locations:

Your question is not really relevant to my posting several years back about practicing FP Qigong in spiritually active (i.e., haunted by angry or malevant spirits) locations.

 

Since you attended this "shamanic gathering" for the autumn equinox last year and it was a generally positive experience, there's probably nothing wrong with doing FP Meditations while you're there. If the attendees are like-minded people just wanting to celebrate the fall equinox....FPCK will only enable you to enjoy the celebration all the more. Unless there are powerful spiritualists attending or leading this gathering, having an autumn equinox celebration does NOT make any place "spiritually active." (However, if this gathering is being held at some renowned spiritual portal or an esoterically known portal--beware that someone is not practicing occult sciences to siphon the group's energy or worse.)

 

The basic, common-sense rule of thumb is: Do NOT practice FP Qigong or any meditative art in any place that feels unnatural, unwholesome, or uncomfortable in any way at any level. If you are attuned to perceiving and communicating with spiritual entities, you naturally do not want to be practicing FP Qigong or any meditation in a place that is haunted--where angry or malevolent spirits who make their presence known to you by physical means. (I happen to have had a kung fu classmate in the early 90's who meditated in his backyard in central L.A., which GM Doo Wai was a very bad idea because it was a very "haunted" place.)

 

At any rate, enjoy the autumn equinox!

 

Sifu Terry

[pitisukha]

I'd like to ask something about the long form in DVD4:

When learning the form in the first part of the DVD, section four begins by bending the right arm at the elbow by 90°, palm facing head, left palm facing heaven.

Then we rotate the chest and change arms. This is repeated 5 times.

But then when the breath control is introduced and the entire form repeated this movement is done 7 times.

What is the right number of repetitions if it's important at all?

 

Sorry if I quote myself... but has anyone noticed this? Am I doing a wrong count?

[cihan]

Sorry if I quote myself... but has anyone noticed this? Am I doing a wrong count?

There you go :

http://thetaobums.com/topic/12639-flying-phoenix-chi-kung/page-58#entry284011

Best of everything

[pitisukha]

Thank you cihan!!

[ridingtheox]

One thing that really boosted my TCC was increasing the number of repetitions of 'cloud hands, wave hands in clouds' . Those extra few movements were quite productive.

 

I get a good deal of energy out of just doing cloud hands for 5 min & or the 'cradling move' from FPCH.

[rldawson]

One thing that really boosted my TCC was increasing the number of repetitions of 'cloud hands, wave hands in clouds' . Those extra few movements were quite productive.

 

I get a good deal of energy out of just doing cloud hands for 5 min & or the 'cradling move' from FPCH.

When "Cloud Hands" is increased in number then "Step Back Dispatch Monkey" should be matched; this ends the form at the original position.

[zen-bear]

There you go :

http://thetaobums.com/topic/12639-flying-phoenix-chi-kung/page-58#entry284011

Best of everything

Hi Cihan,

You are amazing...you're like the librarian for the FPCK tome! Thanks for your retrieval to answer Pitisukha's question.

 

Best,

Sifu Terry